Impala  (Aepyceros melampus)

Authentication

Authenticated (28/09/07) by Eline Deirdre Lorenzen, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen.
http://www.bi.ku.dk/staff/person.asp?ID=388

Glossary

Interbreeding: Cross-breeding with a different species or subspecies.
Morphological: Referring to the visible or measurable characteristics of an organism and their function.
Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Mills, G. and Hes, L. (1997) The Complete Book of Southern African Mammals. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
  3. Stuart, C. and Stuart, T. (1997) Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
  4. Kingdon, J. (1997) The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego.
  5. Lorenzen, E.D. (2007) Pers. Comm.
  6. Burnie, D. (2001) Animal. Dorling Kindersley, London.
  7. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  8. Green, W.C.H. and Rothstein, A. (1998) Translocation, hybridization and the endangered black-faced impala. Conservation Biology, 12 (2): 475 - 480.
  9. Lorenzen, E.D. and Siegismund, H.R. (2004) No suggestion of hybridization between the vulnerable black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) and the common impala (A. m. melampus) in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Molecular Ecology, 13 (10): 3007 - 3019.